With their opinions aligned, the next issue was how to catch Wen Jiahao and Qian Dazhi together.
After much thought, Cheng Youjue realized she might have to take a risk herself.
When evening came, Wen Jiahao returned again.
Cheng You deliberately brought up Qian Dazhi's matter: "I heard you're friends with him, what a coincidence. He's my cousin's boyfriend, they're getting married soon."
Upon hearing this news, Wen Jiahao dropped the bowl in his hand, appearing devastated.
Cheng You chuckled and said to Zhao Lifang, "Look at your man, he's overjoyed."
Wen Jiahao suppressed his emotions, picked up the bowl and chopsticks, and said coldly, "Really? We're so close, why didn't he ever mention it to me?"
Cheng You feigned surprise, "He didn't tell you? He brought my cousin home with him a few days ago, they're talking about marriage, and you didn't know? That means you're not that close to him."
Wen Jiahao seemed to be provoked by something, he slammed down his chopsticks with a snap, breathing heavily, and glared at her.
"He's not close to me, then who is he close to? Your cousin?"
Cheng You slowly ate her food, "My cousin is going to marry him in the future, of course they're close. He's even taken my cousin to the commune."
Wen's mother, fearing she would provoke Wen Jiahao, quickly said, "Stop talking, eat your meal."
Wen Jiahao could no longer eat. He quickly ate a few mouthfuls and went back to his room to lie down.
Zhao Lifang looked unhappy. If she wasn't planning to divorce him, she would have thrown up by now.
Wen Jiahao was actually jealous!
The next day, he left home with his bicycle without even eating breakfast.
Zhao Lifang clung to him, "Cheng You and I need to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things. Cheng You can't carry me, so you take me."
Wen Jiahao didn't want to, but Wen's father spoke first, "Jiahao, take Lifang with you."
He had no choice but to agree with a dark expression.
Zhao Lifang sat behind the bicycle and gave Cheng You a smug smile.
Cheng You sighed inwardly. Did this silly girl know what she was about to face?
Wen Jiahao was somewhat anxious, pedaling the bicycle with effort, eager to see that person.
Zhao Lifang got off his bicycle and then got onto Cheng You's.
"Quick, quick, keep up!" her voice carried an inexplicable excitement.
Cheng You: "..."
Did she really not know this man was her husband?
"Cheng You, hurry up!" she urged.
Only then did Cheng You pedal her bicycle to catch up.
Wen Jiahao probably didn't expect them to follow, and was completely unprepared. He boldly arrived at the door of a place and impatiently knocked.
Cheng You and Zhao Lifang watched from a distance. After a short while, someone came out to open the door.
Zhao Lifang's heart raced. Her eyes widened. It was indeed Qian Dazhi.
Wen Jiahao was furious, grabbed Qian Dazhi by the collar, and pushed him inside, forgetting to close the door.
Zhao Lifang rushed forward impatiently but was stopped by Cheng You.
"What's the hurry? Let's watch first."
Zhao Lifang covered her mouth, and the two hid outside the door to listen.
Wen Jiahao began to question Qian Dazhi about Jiang Wanrou.
Qian Dazhi explained patiently, "I'm just playing with her. I'll get tired of it in a couple of days and dump her."
"Playing? You're almost playing your way to marriage!"
Qian Dazhi said helplessly, "Who's talking nonsense to you? I'm not going to marry her. No, I'm not going to get married at all, unless it's to you."
Seeing his serious expression, which didn't seem like he was lying, Wen Jiahao felt a little better.
"But I heard you were with that woman a few days ago?" he squinted at Qian Dazhi.
Qian Dazhi placed his hand on his shoulder, smiled wickedly, and led him into the house.
"You'll know if I was with her in a moment."
Zhao Lifang was both angry and disgusted, wanting to rush in, but Cheng You stopped her again.
"If we don't go in now, then why did we come here?" she said irritably.
Cheng You glanced to the side and saw an aunt coming out to fetch water.
She pulled Zhao Lifang over, "Don't worry about anything else, just cry for me."
"I can't cry."
"If you don't cry now, you'll have plenty of time to cry later."
Zhao Lifang steeled herself and pinched herself, managing to squeeze out a few tears.
"Auntie!" Cheng You stepped forward.
The aunt stopped and looked at her, "What is it?"
Cheng You smiled and struck up a conversation, "This is our first time here. We want to ask you some things. We saw you looked kind and dared to come over."
The aunt smiled, "Sure, ask away. It's not just around here, there's no one in the entire Tashan Commune who doesn't know everything, and that includes me, Zhang Dazui."
Cheng You: "..." She knew from the name alone.
"Auntie, do you know who lives in this house?"
Zhang Dazui nodded, "A young man. His family must be well-off, letting him live here alone. But I saw another young man living here a few days ago too."
To live up to her name, she inadvertently said more.
Cheng You put on a worried expression and pulled Zhao Lifang over, "Auntie, to be honest, one of the young men you saw is my friend's husband. They just got married a few days ago, and he's already out messing around."
"Messing around?"
Zhang Dazui hadn't thought of it in that way yet, as they were two men, and she hadn't seen any women coming over.
Cheng You's expression was hard to describe, "She just found out. Her husband actually likes men."
Zhang Dazui stared at her blankly, as if she had discovered a huge secret, and couldn't hide her excitement.
Her eyes sparkled with gossip, and she asked, "Really?"
Cheng You looked disgusted, "Would I lie to you? My friend and I are going in to catch him now, so we won't bother you, Auntie."
How could Zhang Dazui pass up such a good opportunity? This was the first-hand scoop.
She could talk about this for three days and three nights.
"No bother, no bother. You wait here, I'll call some people to support you."
Before Cheng You and Zhao Lifang could react, Zhang Dazui knocked on the doors of several neighbors around her.
Cheng You looked back and saw seven or eight elderly people hurrying over, with the same expression on their faces.
Zhao Lifang suddenly pinched her hand, her expression complex.
"Cheng You, won't this get out of hand?"
Cheng You's face was stern, "No, we're going for it. Let's go."
They walked towards Qian Dazhi's house. As they pushed the door open, they heard Wen Jiahao's high-pitched voice.
Zhang Dazui frowned with disdain, "Scandalous!"
The elderly people behind her shook their heads one after another.
"The times are going downhill!"
"Moral decay!"
"Utterly shameless!"
Zhang Dazui was even more excited than Cheng You and Zhao Lifang. She lunged forward and kicked the door open.
Zhao Lifang was not interested in the scene inside, she just covered her face and cried.
Another aunt walked out from inside, muttering, with a look of disgust. She had clearly seen something.
She thought Cheng You was unmarried and quickly said, "Girl, you shouldn't go in. Tsk tsk, what a sin!"